Shrek (found "I Feel Good" animation test of CGI-animated film; 1995): Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:07, 17 March 2024

A screenshot of the test.

Status: Found

Date found: 23 Nov 2023

Shrek is a 2001 computer-animated film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, based on the book of the same name. However, production for the film dates back to around 1995, when Chris Farley was originally cast as Shrek. Around this time, DreamWorks made an animation test featuring an early version of Shrek.^[1]

Plot

Shrek enters a gated city at night singing "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown. He comes across a Mugger tied to a rope, who sings along with Shrek. Shrek proceeds to play with him, stretches the Mugger on his rope, and sends him soaring into the night sky.

Availability

Very little information was known about the topic, and all that remained of the actual animation test were still images. In April 2017, YouTuber "unclesporkums" uploaded a storyboard version of the animation test. He later re-uploaded it in September 2017 because he found more storyboards of the animatic. Since voices were absent from the original upload, he decided to voice over the missing lines by himself. The upload can be watched down below and is roughly 2 minutes and 23 seconds long. Considering the storyboards' existence, it’s likely that the actual animation is either somewhere in the DreamWorks Archives or in the hands of a collector.

On July 30th, 2022, LMW user DingleManBoy (aka DoofusManBoy on YouTube) found a sped-up clip of the tape in HD quality on a demo reel of a previous animator for DreamWorks' pre-production stage of Shrek (1996-1998). It was uploaded to YouTube and slowed down/zoomed so that every frame was visible (31 frames total). It is partially covered by another film and has no audio.

On August 14th, 2022, YouTube user TheSecretLifeOfAliens uploaded two snippets of the test, a snippet with just Shrek, and a snippet with both Shrek and the Mugger, without the original audio. The footage comes from demo reels by another DreamWorks animator.

On August 17th, 2022, a video containing early models for Shrek and the Mugger was found on the Hester Studios website. It's unknown if they were used in the final test.

On November 23rd, 2023, the full test (with audio) was uploaded onto YouTube by the test's production designer, Barry Jackson (The Zoom Art Studio on YouTube). For a brief period, the original upload was set to private, but it has since been made public again.

On January 2nd, 2024, Brian Drucker found more high resolution test images on his old hard drive.

Test Animation

The full test animation.

Gallery

Screenshots

Models

Screenshot of the animation test (1/6).
Screenshot of the animation test (2/6).
Screenshot of the animation test (3/6).
Screenshot of the animation test (4/6).
Screenshot of the animation test (5/6).
Screenshot of the animation test (6/6).
City from the test animation.

HD Screenshot (1/58)
HD Screenshot (2/58)
HD Screenshot (3/58)
HD Screenshot (4/58)
HD Screenshot (5/58)
HD Screenshot (6/58)
HD Screenshot (7/58)
HD Screenshot (8/58)
HD Screenshot (9/58)
HD Screenshot (10/58)
HD Screenshot (11/58)
HD Screenshot (12/58)
HD Screenshot (13/58)
HD Screenshot (14/58)
HD Screenshot (15/58)
HD Screenshot (16/58)
HD Screenshot (17/58)
HD Screenshot (18/58)
HD Screenshot (19/58)
HD Screenshot (20/58)
HD Screenshot (21/58)
HD Screenshot (22/58)
HD Screenshot (23/58)
HD Screenshot (24/58)
HD Screenshot (25/58)
HD Screenshot (26/58)
HD Screenshot (27/58)
HD Screenshot (28/58)
HD Screenshot (29/58)
HD Screenshot (30/58)
HD Screenshot (31/58)
HD Screenshot (32/58)
HD Screenshot (33/58)
HD Screenshot (34/58)
HD Screenshot (35/58)
HD Screenshot (36/58)
HD Screenshot (37/58)
HD Screenshot (38/58)
HD Screenshot (39/58)
HD Screenshot (40/58)
HD Screenshot (41/58)
HD Screenshot (42/58)
HD Screenshot (43/58)
HD Screenshot (44/58)
HD Screenshot (45/58)
HD Screenshot (46/58)
HD Screenshot (47/58)
HD Screenshot (48/58)
HD Screenshot (49/58)
HD Screenshot (50/58)
HD Screenshot (51/58)
HD Screenshot (52/58)
HD Screenshot (53/58)
HD Screenshot (54/58)
HD Screenshot (55/58)
HD Screenshot (56/58)
HD Screenshot (57/58)
HD Screenshot (58/58)

A sculpt of the Shrek used in the short (1/4).
A sculpt of the Shrek used in the short (2/4).
A sculpt of the Shrek used in the short (3/4).
A sculpt of the Shrek used in the short (4/4).

Early Models from Hester Studios Website

Videos

Scribbles to Screen's video on the subject.

Footage

Storyboard of the animation test.

Snippet of the animation test (1/2).

Snippet of the animation test (2/2).

HD partial footage (slowed down).

External Links

References

↑ r/LostMedia Subreddit post on the Shrek "I Feel Good" animation. Retrieved 14 Aug '22

[1] r/LostMedia Subreddit post on the Shrek "I Feel Good" animation. Retrieved 14 Aug '22

[1]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{InfoboxLost
+{{InfoboxFound
 |title=<center>Shrek (test animation)</center>
-|image=S-l1600 (5).jpg
+|image=Shrek21.jpg
 |imagecaption=A screenshot of the test.
-|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
+|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
+|datefound=23 Nov 2023
+|foundby=[https://youtube.com/watch?v=w5qvMdoxGnc The Zoom Art Studio]
 }}
-''Shrek'' is a 2001 computer-animated film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, based on the book of the same name. However, production for the film dates back to around 1995, when Chris Farley was originally cast as Shrek. Around this time, '''Dreamworks made an animation test featuring an early version of Shrek'''.<ref>[https://reddit.com/r/lostmedia/comments/ka298h/i_feel_good_lost_animation_test_for_the_original/ r/LostMedia Subreddit post on the ''Shrek'' "I Feel Good" animation.] Retrieved 14 Aug '22</ref> It is currently unknown how long the animation test was.
+''Shrek'' is a 2001 computer-animated film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, based on the book of the same name. However, production for the film dates back to around 1995, when Chris Farley was originally cast as Shrek. Around this time, '''DreamWorks made an animation test featuring an early version of Shrek'''.<ref>[https://reddit.com/r/lostmedia/comments/ka298h/i_feel_good_lost_animation_test_for_the_original/ r/LostMedia Subreddit post on the ''Shrek'' "I Feel Good" animation.] Retrieved 14 Aug '22</ref>
 ==Plot==
-Shrek enters a gated city at night, singing "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown. He comes across a Mugger tied to a rope. Mugger he wants to rob shrek and shrek starts choking him, stretches him on a rope and sends him to the night sky and then continues singing the song.
+Shrek enters a gated city at night singing "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown. He comes across a Mugger tied to a rope, who sings along with Shrek. Shrek proceeds to play with him, stretches the Mugger on his rope, and sends him soaring into the night sky.
 ==Availability==
-Very little information is known about the topic, and all that remains of the actual animation test are still images. In April of 2017, YouTuber "unclesporkums" uploaded a storyboard version of the animation test. He later re-uploaded it in September of 2017 because he found more storyboards of the animatic. Since voices were absent from the original upload, he decided to voice over the missing lines by himself. The upload can be watched down below and is roughly 2 minutes and 23 seconds long. Considering the storyboards' existence, it’s likely that the actual animation is either somewhere in the Dreamworks Archives or in the hands of a collector.
+Very little information was known about the topic, and all that remained of the actual animation test were still images. In April 2017, YouTuber "unclesporkums" uploaded a storyboard version of the animation test. He later re-uploaded it in September 2017 because he found more storyboards of the animatic. Since voices were absent from the original upload, he decided to voice over the missing lines by himself. The upload can be watched down below and is roughly 2 minutes and 23 seconds long. Considering the storyboards' existence, it’s likely that the actual animation is either somewhere in the DreamWorks Archives or in the hands of a collector.
-On July 30th, 2022, LMW user DingleManBoy (aka DoofusManBoy on YouTube) found a sped-up clip of the tape in HD quality on a demo reel of a previous animator for Dreamworks' pre-production stage of ''Shrek'' (1996-1998). It was uploaded to YouTube and slowed down/zoomed so that every frame was visible (31 frames total). It is partially covered by another film and has no audio.
+On July 30th, 2022, LMW user DingleManBoy (aka DoofusManBoy on YouTube) found a sped-up clip of the tape in HD quality on a demo reel of a previous animator for DreamWorks' pre-production stage of ''Shrek'' (1996-1998). It was uploaded to YouTube and slowed down/zoomed so that every frame was visible (31 frames total). It is partially covered by another film and has no audio.
-On August 14th, 2022, YouTube user TheSecretLifeOfAliens uploaded two snippets of the test, a snippet with just Shrek, and a snippet with both Shrek and the Mugger, without the original audio. The footage comes from demo reels by another Dreamworks animator.
+On August 14th, 2022, YouTube user TheSecretLifeOfAliens uploaded two snippets of the test, a snippet with just Shrek, and a snippet with both Shrek and the Mugger, without the original audio. The footage comes from demo reels by another DreamWorks animator.
 On August 17th, 2022, a video containing early models for Shrek and the Mugger was found on the Hester Studios website. It's unknown if they were used in the final test.
-On October 15th 2023, Youtube user TheNormalGuy213 discovered more HD Screenshots of the test on Brian Drucker's Website.
+On November 23rd, 2023, the full test (with audio) was uploaded onto YouTube by the test's production designer, Barry Jackson (The Zoom Art Studio on YouTube). For a brief period, the original upload was set to private, but it has since been made public again.
-On October 31 2023,The Same Youtube user TheNormalGuy213 uploaded video where Brian Drucker talks about the test and what he did on it.
+On January 2nd, 2024, Brian Drucker found more high resolution test images on his old hard drive.
+===Test Animation===
+{{Video|perrow  =1
+  |service1     =youtube
+  |id1          =w5qvMdoxGnc
+  |description1 =The full test animation.
+}}
 ==Gallery==
 ===Screenshots===
+===Models===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
-File:S-l1600 (8).jpg|Screenshot of the animation test (1/5).
+File:S-l1600 (8).jpg|Screenshot of the animation test (1/6).
-File:Shrek test.jpg|Screenshot of the animation test (2/5).
+File:Shrek test.jpg|Screenshot of the animation test (2/6).
-File:S-l1600 (2).jpg|Screenshot of the animation test (3/5).
+File:S-l1600 (2).jpg|Screenshot of the animation test (3/6).
-File:S-l1600 (3).jpg|Screenshot of the animation test (4/5).
+File:S-l1600 (3).jpg|Screenshot of the animation test (4/6).
-File:S-l1600 (4).jpg|Screenshot of the animation test (5/5).
+File:S-l1600 (4).jpg|Screenshot of the animation test (5/6).
-File:Shrek01.jpg|HD Screenshot (1/28)
+File:S-l1600 (5).jpg|Screenshot of the animation test (6/6).
-File:Shrek02.jpg|HD Screenshot (2/28)
+File:Day 0021 02a.-15.jpg|City from the test animation.
-File:Shrek03.jpg|HD Screenshot (3/28)
+</gallery>
-File:Shrek04.jpg|HD Screenshot (4/28)
+<gallery mode="slideshow" heights="150">
-File:Shrek05.jpg|HD Screenshot (5/28)
+File:Shrek01.jpg|HD Screenshot (1/58)
-File:Shrek06.jpg|HD Screenshot (6/28)
+File:Frame1.jpg|HD Screenshot (2/58)
-File:Shrek07.jpg|HD Screenshot (7/28)
+File:Shrek02.jpg|HD Screenshot (3/58)
-File:Shrek08.jpg|HD Screenshot (8/28)
+File:Frame2.jpg|HD Screenshot (4/58)
-File:Shrek09.jpg|HD Screenshot (9/28)
+File:Shrek03.jpg|HD Screenshot (5/58)
-File:Shrek10.jpg|HD Screenshot (10/28)
+File:Frame3.jpg|HD Screenshot (6/58)
-File:Shrek11.jpg|HD Screenshot (11/28)
+File:Frame4.jpg|HD Screenshot (7/58)
-File:Shrek12.jpg|HD Screenshot (12/28)
+File:Frame5.jpg|HD Screenshot (8/58)
-File:Shrek13.jpg|HD Screenshot (13/28)
+File:Shrek04.jpg|HD Screenshot (9/58)
-File:Shrek14.jpg|HD Screenshot (14/28)
+File:Frame6.jpg|HD Screenshot (10/58)
-File:Shrek15.jpg|HD Screenshot (15/28)
+File:Shrek05.jpg|HD Screenshot (11/58)
-File:Shrek16.jpg|HD Screenshot (16/28)
+File:Frame7.jpg|HD Screenshot (12/58)
-File:Shrek17.jpg|HD Screenshot (17/28)
+File:Shrek06.jpg|HD Screenshot (13/58)
-File:Shrek18.jpg|HD Screenshot (18/28)
+File:Shrek07.jpg|HD Screenshot (14/58)
-File:Shrek19.jpg|HD Screenshot (19/28)
+File:Frame8.jpg|HD Screenshot (15/58)
-File:Shrek20.jpg|HD Screenshot (20/28)
+File:Shrek08.jpg|HD Screenshot (16/58)
-File:Shrek21.jpg|HD Screenshot (21/28)
+File:Frame9.jpg|HD Screenshot (17/58)
-File:Shrek22.jpg|HD Screenshot (22/28)
+File:Frame10.jpg|HD Screenshot (18/58)
-File:Shrek23.jpg|HD Screenshot (23/28)
+File:Shrek09.jpg|HD Screenshot (19/58)
-File:Shrek24.jpg|HD Screenshot (24/28)
+File:Frame11.jpg|HD Screenshot (20/58)
-File:Shrek25.jpg|HD Screenshot (25/28)
+File:Shrek10.jpg|HD Screenshot (21/58)
-File:Shrek26.jpg|HD Screenshot (26/28)
+File:Shrek11.jpg|HD Screenshot (22/58)
-File:Shrek27.jpg|HD Screenshot (27/28)
+File:Frame12.jpg|HD Screenshot (23/58)
-File:Shrek28.jpg|HD Screenshot (28/28)
+File:Frame13.jpg|HD Screenshot (24/58)
-File:Day 0021 02a.-15.jpg|Place From The Test Animation
+File:Shrek12.jpg|HD Screenshot (25/58)
+File:Frame14.jpg|HD Screenshot (26/58)
+File:Shrek13.jpg|HD Screenshot (27/58)
+File:Frame15.jpg|HD Screenshot (28/58)
+File:Shrek14.jpg|HD Screenshot (29/58)
+File:Frame16.jpg|HD Screenshot (30/58)
+File:Shrek15.jpg|HD Screenshot (31/58)
+File:Shrek16.jpg|HD Screenshot (32/58)
+File:Frame17.jpg|HD Screenshot (33/58)
+File:Shrek17.jpg|HD Screenshot (34/58)
+File:Frame18.jpg|HD Screenshot (35/58)
+File:Frame19.jpg|HD Screenshot (36/58)
+File:Shrek18.jpg|HD Screenshot (37/58)
+File:Shrek19.jpg|HD Screenshot (38/58)
+File:Frame20.jpg|HD Screenshot (39/58)
+File:Shrek20.jpg|HD Screenshot (40/58)
+File:Frame21.jpg|HD Screenshot (41/58)
+File:Frame22.jpg|HD Screenshot (42/58)
+File:Shrek21.jpg|HD Screenshot (43/58)
+File:Frame23.jpg|HD Screenshot (44/58)
+File:Shrek22.jpg|HD Screenshot (45/58)
+File:Shrek23.jpg|HD Screenshot (46/58)
+File:Frame24.jpg|HD Screenshot (47/58)
+File:Frame25.jpg|HD Screenshot (48/58)
+File:Shrek24.jpg|HD Screenshot (49/58)
+File:Shrek25.jpg|HD Screenshot (50/58)
+File:Frame26.jpg|HD Screenshot (51/58)
+File:Shrek26.jpg|HD Screenshot (52/58)
+File:Frame27.jpg|HD Screenshot (53/58)
+File:Shrek27.jpg|HD Screenshot (54/58)
+File:Frame28.jpg|HD Screenshot (55/58)
+File:Frame29.jpg|HD Screenshot (56/58)
+File:Frame30.jpg|HD Screenshot (57/58)
+File:Shrek28.jpg|HD Screenshot (58/58)
 </gallery>
-===Models===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="175px">
 Shreksculpt1.jpg|A sculpt of the Shrek used in the short (1/4).
@@ Line 72: / Line 113: @@
 ===Videos===
-{{Video|perrow  =2
+{{Video|perrow  =1
    |service1     =youtube
-   |id1          =ivUZ2vmM1cA
+   |id1          =CD7B_8xniSg
-   |description1 =Strance's video on the subject.
+   |description1 =Scribbles to Screen's video on the subject.
-  |service2     =youtube
-  |id2          =CD7B_8xniSg
-  |description2 =Scribbles to Screen's video on the subject.
 }}
@@ Line 111: / Line 149: @@
 {{reflist}}
-[[Category:Lost animation]]
+[[Category:Found animation]]
-[[Category:Lost audio]]
+[[Category:Found media]]
-[[Category:Partially found media]]
 __NOTOC__
 <no-comment-streams />